📋 Tender Overview
The Constitution Commission will receive next week to the applicant Gonzalo Ruz, who joins the proposal of Omar Astudillo that had been previously presented by the Executive. Until no noon on Friday, September 26, the deadline for citizens to send their opinions regarding the lawyer and doctor in private law, Gonzalo Ruz Lartiga who was proposed by the President of the Republic, Gabriel Buric to integrate the Supreme Court. This Executives Office adds to the submitted at the end of July in which the lawyer Omar Astudillo Contreras was proposed to provide the vacancy due to cessation of the functions of Minister Jorge Dahm Oyarzun in the highest court. It should be remembered that, on that occasion, the Executive presented the proposal of Astudillo together with that of the lawyer and professor of Civil Law, Alvaro Vidal, who had been presented as a candidate in the vacancy after the removal and dismissal of Angela Vivanco Martinez. However, after the public controversy generated as a result of the crossed complaints between Vidal and its ex -partner, the government chose to withdraw the nomination of Vidal, leaving only that of Astudillo. Thus, last week President Buric presented to the Senate the trade in which he asks for the agreement to appoint as Minister of the Supreme Court, Gonzalo Ruz Lartiga in the vacancy left after the dismissal of Angela Vivanco. This activated the procedure established for this type of appointments, so they know that people send their opinions about the nominee. Then, on Tuesday, September 30 from 10:30 at 12:00, the Constitution Commission will receive in the Senate Session Room the lawyers Ruz Lartiga and Astudillo Contreras to know their opinions about the judiciary. Prior to the hearing with both nominees, the Executive through his Minister of Justice and Human Rights, Jaime Gajardo, will explain the reasons why he decided to nominate the two candidates. Trajectory The lawyer Gonzalo Ruz Lartiga has a postpy in economics and finance of the Faculty of Economic Sciences of the University of Chile and a doctorate in private law from the University DAix-Marseille, France. In his professional career he has served in various civil courts of the Metropolitan Region; He was rapporteur of the Court of Appeals of Santiago; Integrant lawyer of the Court of Appeals of Santiago and lawyer member of the Supreme Court between March 2021 and March 2024. Meanwhile, Omar Astudillo is current Minister of the Court of Appeals of Santiago, a law graduate of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile and Master in Labor Law of the Adolfo Ibanez University. Before occupying his current position, he was the rapporteur of the Supreme Court (2002 to 2006), judge of the 25th Civil Court of Santiago (1999 to 2002), Rapporteur of the Court of Appeals of Rancagua (1994 to 1999) and secretary of the Court of Labor Letters of Rancagua (1993 to 1994). He was also advisor to the Judicial Academy and representative of the Supreme Court in the National Public Security Council.
